Grishko pointe shoes the shoes that are chosen by professionals

All ballerinas know that pointes play very important role in the art of dance, because professional ballerinas can use a few pairs of shoes during their performances. Pointe shoes take the special niche in dance history, particularly in ballet. Therefore it’s always very interesting to know something new about these unique shoes.

Ballerinas from all over the world prefer to dance in Grishko pointes. That why thirty thousands of pointe shoes are made every month. Each shoe is unique, handmade masterpiece of the shoemaker, approximately 90% of production process is handmade. Shoemakers assemble pointes of 54 details, and then each shoe goes through thorough quality control.

They are put on a last and pointe shoes have to stand still on a surface.

The real pointe shoes consist of the next details:

Box

Wings

Pleats

Sole

Heel, vamp and toe platform

If you have decided to buy pointe shoes, you should keep in mind some aspects:

Width - the width among the two most prominent lateral points of the feet.

Arch – pointes supports the feet in sole and arch area. The more opened box-shape fits short toes, the medium and closed box is accordingly for the long toes.

Shank hardness – is very individual. Usually soft shank is for the beginners and the hard one for experienced dancers.

Model – is usually chosen according to toes shape, they should not move and comfortably, but tightly fit the box of pointes.

If you decided to buy pointe shoes on our website, you can easily define the appropriate size using our size charts.